Island Boy:

Fiddle Tunes from Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton on Clawhammer Banjo and Fingerstyle Guitar.

This recording features Celtic and Acadian tunes from Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton in the Canadian Maritimes. Ken spent several years collecting music from traditional fiddlers in that region and absorbed much of their style in the process. The clawhammer banjo cuts -- which feature Cape Breton style piano accompaniment by Kevin Chaisson of Prince Edward Island, and solid guitar accompaniment by John Rossback of Syracuse, NY -- are spirited and lively, succesfully capturing the flavor of Canadian Maritimes old-time fiddling, which has a kind of rhythm and drive not unlike American "old-timey" fiddling. The three guitar cuts feature Ken's sparkling approach to fingerstyle.

CD: $15 US, cassette: $10 US.

Playlist:

Click on Highlighted Files to Hear Selections

• Lord MacDonald's Reel/The Princess Reel
• Miss Maxwell/Miss Gordon/Robert Stubbert
• The Brae Reel/The Miramichi Fire
• Belfast Jig/Inverness Jig/Bear River Jig
• Glenfiddich Strathspey/Homeward Bound [Guitar Solo]
• Northside Tune/Over the Briny Ocean
• Captain Campbell/The Cape Breton Wedding Reel/Andrew Renwick's Ferret (G. Lincoln)
• Upper Denton Hornpipe/Fiddlin' Phil
• Niel Gow's Fiddle/Scourdiness (C. Sherritt) [Guitar Solo]
• The Duke of Gordon's Birthday/The Dragger's Reel (E. Arsenault)/The Green Meadow Reel/Paddy on the Turnpike
• Irishman's Heart to the Ladies/Riverbend Jig (D.R. MacDonald)
• Rothiemurchus Rant/The Bonny Lass of Fisherrow/Koehler's Hornpipe
• Joe Kearney's Reel/Darlin' Don't You Meddle Me/Fermoy Lasses
• Space Available (M. Doucet)/The Dismissal/Dublin Porter
• Bishop MacDonald/Glengarry's Dirk/The Bird's Nest [Guitar Solo]
• Island Boy/St. Anne's Reel

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